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Jeremy Sarmiento strikes late to snatch vital point for Ipswich at Leicester

22-Jan-2024 22:01:12 | The Guardian

Enzo Maresca was matter of fact about the implications of both the best and worst-case scenarios playing out in this contest being much the same but that will do little to make him feel any better after Leicester squandered the chance to open up a 10-point gap at the top of the Championship. Ipswich Town, revitalised by Kieran McKenna, a prodigious manager schooled at Tottenham and Manchester United, struck an equaliser through the Brighton loanee Jeremy Sarmiento with a minute of the regular 90 left to play in an absorbing contest.

A quick glance at the team sheet and the temptation is to assume little has changed since Leicester were relegated last season. After all, Ricardo Pereira, James Justin and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are in the starting lineup and Jamie Vardy, 37 earlier this month, is still knocking around, too, back in the squad following a knee injury. Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Daka would be involved were they not at the Africa Cup of Nations. The same goes for Wilfred Ndidi, who is sidelined through injury. Even some of the summer signings feel old, Harry Winks running midfield, Conor Coady on the bench. Nothing new here, then?